Mitchell Leisen – Scripts on Screen

Easy Living Script

Year:1937

Director:Mitchell Leisen

Written by:Preston Sturges (Screenplay), Vera Caspary (Story)

Script Synopsis:J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.

Easy Living Script Resources:

Easy Living Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Easy Living Script PDF - 4/10/37 FINAL REVISED at Script City ($)
Easy Living Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Remember The Night Script

Year:1940

Director:Mitchell Leisen

Written by:Preston Sturges (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When John, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.

Remember The Night Script Resources:

Remember The Night Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Remember The Night Script PDF - 7/24/1939 at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Hold Back The Dawn Script

Year:1941

Director:Mitchell Leisen

Written by:Ketti Frings (Story), Charles Brackett (Writer), Billy Wilder (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

Hold Back The Dawn Script Resources:

Hold Back The Dawn Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Hold Back The Dawn Script PDF - 1/15/1941 at Script City ($)
Hold Back The Dawn Transcript at subslikescript.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.